Use Performance and Troubleshooting Tools Flashcards
Lesson 11B
System information
Event viewer
task manager
Using Task Manager to manage users.
resource monitor
performance monitor
system config
System Configuration Utility—Boot tab.
System Information (msinfo32.exe)
the tool produces an inventory of system resources, firmware and OS versions, driver file locations, environment variables, network status, and so on.
Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc)
is a management console snap-in for viewing
and managing logs on a Windows host
Event Viewer
Windows Logs folder contains
- System log-hardware/network/driver
- Application log-app installers, etc.
- Security log
- Setup log-during installation of Win
Applications and Services Logs
troubleshooting a particular Windows feature,
service, or third-party application.
Event Viewer
Event Sources and Severity Levels
- Critical
- Error
- Warning
- Information
- Audit Success/Failure
Task Manager (taskmgr.exe)
is a Windows utility that lets you monitor and manage your computer’s applications and processes.
Task Manager
Performance tab
provides more information about the CPU, memory, disk, network, and graphics processing unit (GPU) subsystems
Task Manager
App History tab
shows usage information for Windows Store apps.
Task Manager
Memory Monitoring
- In use-RAM
- Committed reports-memory requested
- Cached-
- Paged pool and non-paged pool-OS kernel and driver usage
pagefile
When RAM is full, less-used data is moved to the pagefile
cache
temporarily store frequently accessed data for quicker retrieval
Task Manager
Ethernet/wifi tab
network adaptor, signal strength, IP address, etc.
Task Manager
Users tab
lets you see the people who are logged on (and allows you to send them a message or sign them out)
task manager
Startup tab
lists all the programs that automatically start when Windows starts/boot time.
Task manager
Services tab
displays a list of background services running on your computer, allowing you to start, stop, or restart them for troubleshooting purposes.
Task manager
Services (services.msc)
is a Windows application that allows users to manage the settings of background processes and apps.
Resource Monitor (resmon.exe)
You can see graphs of resource performance along with key statistics, such as threads started by a process or hard page faults/second.
Performance Monitor (perfmon.msc)
used to provide real-time charts of system resources or can be used to log information to a file for long-term analysis.
Performance Monitor
track and analyze system performance in real-time, CPU usage, memory consumption, disk activity, network traffic, and more.
System Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe)
is used to modify various settings and files that affect the way the computer boots and loads Windows.
System Config
Boot Configuration Data
(BCD)
Boot tab lets you configure basic settings
system config
Services tab
lets you choose specifically which services are configured to run at startup.
System Config.
General Tab
allows you to configure the startup mode
System Config.
Tools Tab
contains shortcuts to various administrative
utilities, including System Information, Registry Editor, Performance Monitor.